Job 31:35
Job’s Appeal“If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature– let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.
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- Job 13:21-22 : 21 Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror. 22 Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.
- Job 19:23-24 : 23 Job’s Assurance of Vindication“O that my words were written down, O that they were written on a scroll, 24 that with an iron chisel and with lead they were engraved in a rock forever!
- Job 23:3-7 : 3 O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence! 4 I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. 6 Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me. 7 There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
- Job 27:7 : 7 The Condition of the Wicked“May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous.
- Job 30:28 : 28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.
- Job 33:6 : 6 Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay.
- Job 33:10-11 : 10 Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy! 11 He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’
- Job 35:14 : 14 How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!
- Job 38:1-3 : 1 VI. The Divine Speeches(38:1-42:6)The Lord’s First Speech Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: 2 “Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge? 3 Get ready for a difficult task like a man; I will question you and you will inform me!
- Job 40:4-5 : 4 “Indeed, I am completely unworthy– how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself. 5 I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more.”
- Ps 26:1 : 1 By David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have integrity, and I trust in the LORD without wavering.
- Matt 5:25 : 25 Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.
- Job 13:24 : 24 Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?
- Job 17:3 : 3 Set my pledge beside you. Who else will put up security for me?
- Job 19:7 : 7 Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.
- Job 19:11 : 11 Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.
- Job 13:3 : 3 But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
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- Job 23:3-75 verses78%
3O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!
4I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
6Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.
7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
- Job 6:8-103 verses77%
8A Cry for Death“Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!
9And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.
10Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
- Job 31:36-383 verses77%
36Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown;
37I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would approach him.
38Job’s Final Solemn Oath“If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together,
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3But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
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23Job’s Assurance of Vindication“O that my words were written down, O that they were written on a scroll,
- Job 33:31-322 verses75%
31Pay attention, Job– listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
32If you have any words, reply to me; speak, for I want to justify you.
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5But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you,
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21and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.
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36But Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men.
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22Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.
- Job 9:15-162 verses73%
15Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy.
16If I summoned him, and he answered me, I would not believe that he would be listening to my voice–
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1Elihu Invites Job’s Attention“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!
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19Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.
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34because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors–
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4You said,‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’
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5Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand!
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7Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.
- Job 6:1-22 verses72%
1Job Replies to Eliphaz Then Job responded:
2“Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too!
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15You will call and I– I will answer you; you will long for the creature you have made.
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5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and plead my disgrace against me,
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8Elihu Rejects Job’s Plea of Innocence“Indeed, you have said in my hearing(I heard the sound of the words!):
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2Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,
- Job 21:3-42 verses70%
3Bear with me and I will speak, and after I have spoken you may mock.
4Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
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32For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.
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35Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me.
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8Blessings for the One Who Seeks God“But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.
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13“Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.
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13The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!
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14then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?
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19If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say,‘Who will summon me?’
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15Look at what they are saying to me,“Where are the events in the LORD’s message? Let’s see them happen, please!”
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9Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?
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3When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.
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20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
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34Men of understanding say to me– any wise man listening to me says–
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10Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!
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8The one who vindicates me is close by. Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! Who is my accuser? Let him challenge me!
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6“Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips’ contentions.